US, Allies Want Security Council Meeting on N. Korea Rights Abuses

Western powers are urging the U.N. Security Council to hold a fresh meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea, which is accused of carrying out some of the world's worst atrocities. The United States and eight of it allies requested the meeting, according to a statement issued late Thursday by Hagar Chemali, a spokesperson for Washington's mission to the U.N. Chemali added the U.S. would "work quickly" to schedule the meeting, but did not provide a...

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